The International Maritime Organization (IMO), in collaboration with the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and the French Hydrographic Office (SHOM), recently held a two-week training course in hydrography and nautical charting for the benefit of French-speaking African countries. The tr
Production has resumed from Antrim’s Causeway Field (Antrim 35.5% interest) in the Northern North Sea, following a shut-in period of three days. The nearby Cormorant East Field (Antrim 8.4% interest) is expected to resume production in the next few days. This announcement is further to the announcem
Langlee Wave Power AS keeps growing, opening an office in the Canaries through its Spanish subsidiary Langlee Wave Power S.L.U. The office is located in the Scientific and Technological Park of Tafira, in the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University Campus. The Scientific and Technological Park aims to
After announcing the tender for port diving services, Grand port maritime de Marseille awarded the contract to ECTM. The company will provide diving services in the Port of Marseille, assistance during the positioning of vessels into dry docks, floating services, etc. It will also provide services r
The Board of Thalassa announces that its subsidiary, WGP Energy Services Ltd (“WESL”), has entered into a contract with SMG Ecuador, the Ecuador business of State Sevmorgeo Company, the Russian geological sea survey company, with an initial value of US$4.175 million. The contract involves the provis
Nick Harvey, MP for North Devon, has welcomed a huge cash boost for marine energy projects. The Crown Estate, who own the UK’s seabeds, have announced they will invest £20million in the expansion of wave and tidal projects around the UK. The funding will come as a huge benefit to the growth of the m
The Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC), developer of the New Jersey Energy Link, the first offshore backbone electricity transmission system proposed in the United States, has selected major construction and design firm Bechtel as its Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contractor and intern
Nexen Petroleum U.K. Ltd. announced that it has received approval from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to proceed with the Solitaire field development, a project that’s expected to produce eight million barrels of oil. The Solitaire field is located in central North Sea block 1
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) confirms that initial flows of crude oil have resumed in the Brent pipeline system following a precautionary shutdown on Monday. The pipeline system, which is operated by TAQA and runs through the Cormorant Alpha platform, was halted after hydrocarbons w
Pulse Structural Monitoring, Inc., an Acteon company and part of its marine electronics, instrumentation and survey business, has won a major contract with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to provide an integrated monitoring system for the Big Foot extended tension leg platform (ETLP) in the Gulf of Mexico. Moni
McDermott International, Inc. announced that one of its subsidiaries has teamed up with industry leader Allseas to provide a robust project execution strategy for the front-end engineering and design (“FEED”) of a subsea natural gas pipeline system and subsea infrastructure installation project for
EMGS has received a Letter of Intent for a contract totalling approximately 6 months of 3D EM data acquisition in Asia. Final confirmation and award of the program is dependent on the customer’s internal Tender Board approval. It is expected that the 3D EM survey program will be performed using the
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has now authorized the long-awaited licensing Round 11 which will be held in May 2013. During his announcement, made on January 10th, The Minister of Mines and Energy, Edison Lobão anticipated that the round will contain all but 2 of the blocks previously announced.
Some 20 per cent of the UK’s present demand for electricity could be met by tidal energy. Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre and the University of Liverpool have developed a tidal model to examine the scope for reliable and predictable electricity generation from UK coastal waters. Detai
